When LeBron James passed Karl Malone for , he set his sights firmly on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's current all-time leading scorer.
Abdul-Jabbar has been atop the career points list since April 5, 1984 -- eight months before James was even born -- when he broke the mark previously held by Wilt Chamberlain. Now James has that record within reach, needing 575 points to surpass Abdul-Jabbar's career total of 38,387.
At his career scoring average of 27.1 PPG, James would need 22 games to rack up that total, putting him on track to break the record on Feb.